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Research Article

Race and Socioeconomic Status Differences in Study Abroad Participation: The Role of Habitus, Social Networks, and Cultural Capital

Table 2

Means comparisons of dependent and independent variables by race.


	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian

Dependent variable
Studied abroad	.04^BH	.01^A	.01^A	.03
Independent variables
Female	.537^B	.599^HA	.549	.520
Mother/father family structure	.749^BHA	.458^HA	.704^A	.834
Number of siblings	2.00^BHA	2.44^A	2.54^A	2.14
Habitus
Parent’s nativity (foreign born =1)	.055^BHA	.086^HA	.475^A	.775
Family vacations	2.07^BA	.191^H	2.02	1.94
Social networks
Intergenerational closure	2.85^BHA	2.58^HA	2.04	1.89
Peer support for education	6.08^BA	6.31^H	6.07^A	6.47
Cultural capital
Extracurricular activities	2.56^H	2.52^H	2.04^A	2.72
Goes to museums	1.64^BHA	1.46^A	1.50^A	1.74
Goes to extra classes	.75^BHA	.64^HA	.50^A	.93
Household educational resources	6.27^BHA	5.74^HA	5.45^A	6.15
Parent’s socioeconomic status
Parent’s education	14.96^BHA	14.04^HA	13.17^A	15.65
Parent’s occupation	2.31^BHA	.206^HA	1.84^A	2.48
Parent’s income	53.05^BH	29.72^A	31.09^A	56.35

^Bdenotes a significant difference with Blacks ().
^Hdenotes a significant difference with Hispanics ().
^Adenotes a significant difference with Asians ().